ARP Refrigerator Fire Safety Device
I installed the ARP fire safety device today on my 1995 Dometic absorption frig. It consists of a circuit board and relay that together shut off the frig if the stack temperature exceeds a certain tem...
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fj12ryder wrote:
Of course one does wonder how "necessary" this device is if you have a unit that's lasted nearly 20 years without one. :)
The answer really depends on how diligent you are about turning off the refrigerator if out of level for more than a few minutes. 10 minutes in a rest area out of level is enough to send cooling units temperatures skyrocketing.
You will have to decide if you want/need this to be "automatic" or whether you want to be responsible for turning the unit off and back on.
The other place I suspect we all overheat our cooling units if left on is on those long steady grades. Not rolling hills, as the cooling solution can still circulate, but on those several mile 4-5% grades you run into out west-- thinking about the climb we did from Mojave into Bakersfield this summer on our way west.
